Curry is averaging a career-high 32.5 points per game (best in the NBA) and his 31.3 player efficiency rating (PER) is his best since the 2015-16 season.

We could sit here for hours rattling off statistics and posting highlights about how good this guy is, but it ultimately comes down to two things for me:

1. Steph has overtaken Draymond Green as the most important player on the game’s greatest roster. His usage rate is 31.7%, the second-highest of his career, and simply put, he is the one player the team cannot afford to lose. The entire offense revolves around his ability to stretch defenses 35-feet from the rim and it’s making life easier for everyone else involved.

2. Steph already has the ever-important “did you just see that? yup, he’s the MVP” moment.

Every MVP winner has one — the night Westbrook broke the triple-double record, Harden’s crossover of Wesley Johnson on national television — and Steph’s came early, a the 51-point game vs. the Wizards where it seemed like almost half of his 11 three-pointers were from the logo.

I mean … come on:

Note: Klay Thompson caught up to Curry in that last category.

MOORE: I’m with you on this one. If Curry continues at this pace, he can just overwhelm everyone else. He’ll win the narrative vote behind a return to what made 2016 so magical for everyone: effortlessly knocking down 3-pointers.

Let’s be clear on this: Despite how much Curry fans think he is “disrespected,” the media at large LOVES Steph for good reason and wants to vote for him.

Curry is a much more endearing figure than Kevin Durant because he didn’t spearhead his recruiting and he took a step back to help get Durant comfortable. No one took less heat on the Warriors than Curry when KD joined. If anything, he became a sympathetic figure.